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References for colin maclaurin. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. BooksS Mills (ed.), The collected letters of colin maclaurin (Nantwich, 1982).
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Extractions: S Mills (ed.), The collected letters of Colin Maclaurin (Nantwich, 1982). E L Sageny, Colin Maclaurin and the Foundations of the Method of Fluxions (PhD Thesis, Princeton, 1989). H W Turnbull, Bi-centenary of the death of Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746), mathematician and philosopher, professor of mathematics in Marischal College, Aberdeen (1717-1725) (Aberdeen, 1951). Articles: Colin Maclaurin, The Scottish Nation III (Edinburgh, 1869), 37-38. Colin Maclaurin, Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen III (Glasgow, 1872), 64-69. Colin Maclaurin, Dictionary of National Biography XXXV (London, 1893), 196-198. G Giorello, The 'fine structure' of mathematical revolutions : metaphysics, legitimacy, and rigour, The case of the calculus from Newton to Berkeley and Maclaurin, in Revolutions in mathematics (New York, 1992), 134-168. J V Grabiner, Was Newton's calculus a dead end? The continental influence of Maclaurin's treatise of fluxions, Amer. Math. Monthly
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maclaurin, colin (16981746), Scottish mathematician who became a discipleof Newton. He published the first systematic formulation
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Extractions: Scottish mathematician who became a disciple of Newton . He published the first systematic formulation of Newton's methods in A Treatise of Fluxions (1742). In this work, he developed a method for expanding functions about the origin in terms of series now known as Maclaurin series This method was generalized to expansion about an arbitrary point by Brook Taylor . Maclaurin also invented several devices, made astronomical observations, and improved maps of the Scottish isles. Maclaurin knew Cramer's rule probably as early as 1729.
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Extractions: Pronunciation Key Maclaurin, Colin , Scottish mathematician and natural philosopher, one of the greatest mathematicians of his time. He was professor at Aberdeen and from 1725 at the Univ. of Edinburgh. He was an authority on fluxions (as Newton's version of the calculus was called), on Newton's gravitational theory, and on geometry. He also contributed to astronomy, cartography, and did actuarial computation for insurance companies. His writings include Geometria organica (1720) and A Treatise on Fluxions
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maclaurin, colin (16981746) In 1709 maclaurin entered the University of Glasgowwhere he became acquainted with Robert Simson, professor of mathematics.
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Extractions: Maclaurin, Colin (16981746) In 1709 Maclaurin entered the University of Glasgow where he became acquainted with Robert Simson, professor of mathematics. In 1715 Maclaurin defended the thesis On the Power of Gravity , for which he was awarded his degree. It led to his appointment, in 1717, as professor of mathematics at Marischal College in Aberdeen, although he was still only in his teens. This appointment marked the beginning of a brilliant mathematical career. His book Geometrica organica, sive descriptio linearum curvarum universalis dealt with the general properties of conics and of higher plane curves. Maclaurin was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1719. Maclaurins Treatise of Fluxions (1742) has been described as the earliest logical and systematic publication of Newton's methods. It stood as the model of rigor until the appearance of Cauchys Cours danalyse in 1821. Maclaurin was a zealous disciple of Newton, and in his work he tried to provide a geometrical framework for the doctrine of fluxions Maclaurin hoped to refute Newton's critics, the most vociferous of whom was
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Maclaurin, Colin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. maclaurin, colin. (mklôr´ n, lär´ n) (KEY) , 16981746, Scottish mathematician
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Extractions: Maclaurin, Colin 1698-1746, Scottish mathematician and natural philosopher, one of the greatest mathematicians of his time. He was professor at Aberdeen and from 1725 at the Univ. of Edinburgh. He was an authority on fluxions (as Newton's version of the calculus was called), on Newton's gravitational theory, and on geometry. He also contributed to astronomy, cartography, and did actuarial computation for insurance companies. His writings include Geometria organica (1720) and A Treatise on Fluxions
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Maclaurin, Colin
maclaurin, colin (16981746). Scottish mathematician who played a leadingpart in establishing the hegemony of Isaac Newton's calculus in the UK.
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Extractions: Maclaurin was born in Argyllshire and studied at Glasgow. At the age of 19, he was appointed professor at the Marischal College of Aberdeen. On a visit to London in 1719 he first met Isaac Newton. Maclaurin left Aberdeen 1722 to become travelling tutor to the son of an English diplomat, returning to Scotland 1724 to become professor at Edinburgh. He won the admiration of Edinburgh society for his public lectures and demonstrations in experimental physics and astronomy. In 1745, during the Jacobite rebellion, he organized the defence of Edinburgh. Maclaurin's Treatise of Fluxions 1742 was an attempt to prove Newton's doctrine of prime and ultimate ratios and to provide a geometrical framework to support Newton's fluxional calculus. So influential was the treatise that it contributed to the ascendancy of Newtonian mathematics which cut off Britain from developments in the rest of the world.
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MACLAURIN, Colin, An Account Of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, In
B. L. Rootenberg Rare Books. maclaurin, colin An account of SirIsaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, in four books. London
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Extractions: MACLAURIN, Colin An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, in four books. London Printed for the author's children 1748 8vo., [xxviii], xx, 392 pp., With half-title, subscriber's list, publisher's advertisements, errata, and six folding engraved plates. A handsome copy in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered; interior clean, without the usual browning. Preserved in a slipcase. First edition of this author's defense of the most controversial points of Newton's cosmology, as well as his theories of celestial motion and gravity. Published posthumously by subscription for the benefit of the author's family, this edition contains a biography of Maclaurin by Patrick Murdoch (d. 1744), still the primary source of biographical information on the author.Maclaurin (1698-1746), a leading mathematician, natural philosopher, and friend of Newton who was appointed to his chair of mathematics at Edinburgh on Newton's recommendation, introduced a method of generating conics named in his honor. He is also renowned for his proof that a homogeneous liquid mass revolving uniformly around an axis under the action of gravity must assume an ellipsoid form of revolution. This item is listed on Bibliopoly by ; click here for further details.
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maclaurin, colin. (16981746). Skotský matematik, který se stal následovníkemNewtona. Jako první publikoval systematické formulace
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Extractions: Maclaurin, Colin Skotský matematik, který se stal následovníkem Newtona . Jako první publikoval systematické formulace Newtonových metod v díle A Treatise of Fluxions z roku 1742. V tomto díle pouil k øeení rostoucích funkcí tzv. Maclaurinovy øady, které se staly inspirací pro Brooka Taylora a jeho Taylorovu øadu. Maclaurin také vynalezl nìkolik uiteèných zaøízení, zhotovil astronomickou observatoø a zlepil mapu ostrovù pøiléhajících ke Skotsku. Pravdìpodobnì znal Cramerovo pravidlo ji v roce 1729. Astrofyzika Galerie Sondy Úkazy ... Odkazy
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Mary Hartwell Family Marriage living in St Lukes, Scone, NSW Spouse CROAKER,Barbara Ann Gender Female Children maclaurin, colin Birth living
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M For . maclaurin, colin (16981746). He was born in Scotland, UKand studied at Glasgow University and was Professor of Mathematics
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Extractions: M For .... Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746) He was born in Scotland, UK and studied at Glasgow University and was Professor of Mathematics at Aberdeen university and chairman of Mathematics at Edinburgh University. His best known work, ' Treatise on Fluxions' in 1742 gave a systematic account of Newton's approach to calculus, taking a Geometric point of view. Home A B C ... L ] [M] [ N O P Q ... Z
Euler-Maclaurin Formula - Wikipedia
machinery of calculus. The formula was discovered independently byLeonhard Euler and colin maclaurin around 1735. Euler needed
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maclaurin, colin, an eminent mathematician, youngest son of the Reverend John maclaurinminister of Glenderule, author of an Irish version of the Psalms, was
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Extractions: In 1745, having been very active in making plans, and superintending the operations necessary for the defence of the city of Edinburgh against the Highland army, Mr. MacLaurin was, upon their entering the city, obliged to withdraw to the north of England, when he was invited by the archbishop of York to reside with him. On his journey southward he had a fall from his horse, and the fatigue, anxiety, and cold to which he was exposed on this occasion, laid the foundation of a dropsy, of which he died soon after his return to Edinburgh, June 14, 1746. His portrait, from an engraving in Smiths Iconographia Scotica, is subjoined. His works are. Geometra Organica, sive Descriptio Linearum Curvarum, Universalis. Lond., 1720, 4to. The same, with the Life and Writings of The Author, by Pat. Murdoch. Lond., 1748, 4to. Piece qui a remporte le Prix de L'Academie Royale des Sciences proposé pour l'anné e mill sept cens vingt-quatre, selon la Foundatione fait par feu M. Rouille de Morlay, Ancien Conseiller au Parlément de Paris. Par. 1724, 4to. A complete System of Fluxions; with their application to the most considerable Problems in Geometry and Natural Philosophy. Edin. 1742, 2 vols. 4to.
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Extractions: Scottish mathematician who became a disciple of Newton . He published the first systematic formulation of Newton's methods in A Treatise of Fluxions (1742). In this work, he developed a method for expanding functions about the origin in terms of series now known as Maclaurin series This method was generalized to expansion about an arbitrary point by Brook Taylor . Maclaurin also invented several devices, made astronomical observations, and improved maps of the Scottish isles. Maclaurin knew Cramer's rule probably as early as 1729.
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of the earth were published. 78. maclaurin, colin. Geometria organica.London 1720 Eaton 14. A child prodigy, maclaurin entered
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Extractions: After graduating at Glasgow University in 1711, Robert Simson spent a year in London where he met several eminent mathematicians, amongst them Edward Halley. It was the latter's influence that tended to confirm Simson's interest in the writings of the Greek mathematicians. In 1712 Simson returned to Glasgow as Professor of Mathematics. The rest of his life was spent in teaching and in research on the early Greek mathematicians - he published important works on Euclid, Pappus of Alexandria and Apollonius of Perga. This correspondence between Simson and Matthew Stewart (Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh) was published in The proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , vol. XXI, session 1902-1903.

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